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what role did bill clinton played in every clinton's campaign? how the barack obama decided he could run for president and make an incredible effort to be hillary clinton? lots of questions we did not know the answers to. what if we went back and try to figure out what had actually happened? before too long, we had taken the original conversation, shake it a little bit, but what we wrote was very good to the idea we had originally. we are basically doing the same thing for this cycle. there is no reason to tamper with a formula that readers seem to like. it is a great way to tell the story of a campaign people are focused on. to try to go back and tell the story through the eyes of the people involved in a way that maybe is not possible to do in daily, weekly, at our monthly journalism. >> we have gone back to your book and selected a couple of quotes that may be best reflect what happened during the process of the campaign. let's begin with the announcement that then senator barack obama day. colin powell had questions for senator obama, but the
what role did bill clinton played in every clinton's campaign? how the barack obama decided he could run for president and make an incredible effort to be hillary clinton? lots of questions we did not know the answers to. what if we went back and try to figure out what had actually happened? before too long, we had taken the original conversation, shake it a little bit, but what we wrote was very good to the idea we had originally. we are basically doing the same thing for this cycle. there is...
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i could go back to other methods of obstruction with bill clinton, who reached out all the time. that is a minor factor. of killing thee omendment tree been done to much. that resulted in some protest. it had much more to do with a concerted party strategy, which is the first time we have seen it. >> there are two separate issues -- of shrubs and on nomination and obstruction on the legislative side. you'll see these judge bowed to 99-1. remember what we are talking about. the alternative is to move it by unanimous consent. this is not like the house where there is a vote and a member of they say -- i will have a roll call vote. the majority leader can schedule a roll-call vote or not. many times he does not. one individual is filibustering the judge. and we get a vote on that, 99- one, 98-2. no one was suggests that those individuals should be required to vote yes for that judge, is what unanimous consent is. that is not what the house does. heavy had majorities in force votes. what it comes to cloture -- this idea of holding the floor. a post cloture has to do that. oftentimes
i could go back to other methods of obstruction with bill clinton, who reached out all the time. that is a minor factor. of killing thee omendment tree been done to much. that resulted in some protest. it had much more to do with a concerted party strategy, which is the first time we have seen it. >> there are two separate issues -- of shrubs and on nomination and obstruction on the legislative side. you'll see these judge bowed to 99-1. remember what we are talking about. the alternative...
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>> bill clinton had a reasonably successful second term. we have had some president to did ok. -- presidents who did ok. i think bill clinton did pretty darn well. >> 5.5 on a 10 scale. >> impeachment. >> who else have we got? >> since both of you are creatures of the house, let's assume the election gets closer without picking a number, what is your prediction on leadership of the house? >> let me jump in and modified this question. on the republican side, how many seats could republicans lose before john boehner gets in some difficulty? if you would like to take the fifth amendment. >> i was there. that is how i got elected to leadership we took a five or six seat loss. that was enough to get the balance shift. i'd be linda who was campaign chairman. -- i'd beat linda who was campaign chairman. it is managing expectations. it is probably nonsense. it is probably not within the realm of high probability. i think it would take a 15, something in the range of 15 to 20 seat loss. they come to town right after the election. they do this on pur
>> bill clinton had a reasonably successful second term. we have had some president to did ok. -- presidents who did ok. i think bill clinton did pretty darn well. >> 5.5 on a 10 scale. >> impeachment. >> who else have we got? >> since both of you are creatures of the house, let's assume the election gets closer without picking a number, what is your prediction on leadership of the house? >> let me jump in and modified this question. on the republican side,...
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bush, bill clinton and ross perot. next tuesday, watched president obama and mitt romney in their town hall debate. c-span coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> tomorrow, "washington journal," will talk about the latest developments on the attack on the embassy in libya. our guest, rick nelson, is director of homeland security and counter terrorism. followed by a round-table discussion on the affirmative- action case of fisher versus the university of texas before the supreme court. we are joined by courtney bowie and stuart taylor. later, a look at the recent outbreaks of meningitis and the operations and standards of compound pharmacies. our guest this cynthia riley from the american society of health system pharmacist. "washington journal," live with your calls and tweets and e- mails at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. defense secretary leon panetta talked about the role of the defense department on the critical infrastructure against server security threats. he also urged congress to pass a site -- you bill that was brough
bush, bill clinton and ross perot. next tuesday, watched president obama and mitt romney in their town hall debate. c-span coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> tomorrow, "washington journal," will talk about the latest developments on the attack on the embassy in libya. our guest, rick nelson, is director of homeland security and counter terrorism. followed by a round-table discussion on the affirmative- action case of fisher versus the university of texas before the supreme...
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it reminds me of the naivete of secretary madeleine albright and president bill clinton who told north korea, look, we will give you everything you need to make nuclear weapons if you'll promise us that you will only use it to make nuclear power. really? north korea basically said, really? all we have to do? you know you have caught us in lies repeatedly, but all we have to do is we'll never use it for nukes and give us all this stuff? sure. yeah. you caught us in so many lies, what's one more? who has nuclear weapons that we worry about. the same people, the clinton administration, give nuclear materials and information simply on the promise that they wouldn't use it to make nuclear weapons. what a lovely world it would be. back to the article from fox news, quote, we have made it clear that they, the taliban, can be part of this future, if they break with al qaeda, renounce violence and abide by afghan laws. many foot soldiers to leaders have indicated an interest in reconciliation, a path to peace is now set before them, unquote, obama said. the upcoming nato summit in chicago, they
it reminds me of the naivete of secretary madeleine albright and president bill clinton who told north korea, look, we will give you everything you need to make nuclear weapons if you'll promise us that you will only use it to make nuclear power. really? north korea basically said, really? all we have to do? you know you have caught us in lies repeatedly, but all we have to do is we'll never use it for nukes and give us all this stuff? sure. yeah. you caught us in so many lies, what's one more?...
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bush and bill clinton, i have some perspective on this. by year 7 and 8, it was lighting himself on fire just to get on the front page. i am talking about the bush administration. there was so much attention on the emerging campaign. from having covered the first term of george w. bush, we provided a great deal more access to our officials and the president then george bush did. president bush came back once on your force one. it was a 30-minute flight, and that was it. he did give -- he did more of this brief press encounter. they would do one or two questions. we have given more than twice as many solo press conferences were there are a series of questions. it does give the press the opportunity to follow up. you can rally force the president to take a number of questions on the same subject -- really force the president to take a number of questions on the same subject. we have to rationalize his time. we have to make a judgment about when it makes sense to have been taking questions on the subject, or not. having him out there when it
bush and bill clinton, i have some perspective on this. by year 7 and 8, it was lighting himself on fire just to get on the front page. i am talking about the bush administration. there was so much attention on the emerging campaign. from having covered the first term of george w. bush, we provided a great deal more access to our officials and the president then george bush did. president bush came back once on your force one. it was a 30-minute flight, and that was it. he did give -- he did...
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in some ways, it opened the door for bill clinton to get elected in 1992. again, republicans continue to have an advantage. because it was a time of relative peace and security, issues like the economy, education, health care were the defining issues of that election. democrats came man. clinton's record on national security was so much mixed. there was the unfortunate -- the tragic black cod down incident -- black pop down incident in somalia early in his presidency. there was a controversy about gays in the military. 20 things later, things have changed. his failure to serve during the vietnam war, all of which led this perception that clinton was not strong on national security. he did executes humanitarian military action in bosnia and in kosovo. he had a mix of record of national security. in the end, even though he was present for eight years, that did not translate into more popularity for democrats on national security. going into this century, democrats for being told -- polls with over 20 points disadvantaged. al gore, 2000, no major threats on th
in some ways, it opened the door for bill clinton to get elected in 1992. again, republicans continue to have an advantage. because it was a time of relative peace and security, issues like the economy, education, health care were the defining issues of that election. democrats came man. clinton's record on national security was so much mixed. there was the unfortunate -- the tragic black cod down incident -- black pop down incident in somalia early in his presidency. there was a controversy...
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it was rick santorum when we were fighting to change welfare and we had bill clinton who really did not want to do it. it was rick santorum who was on the floor day after day and very articulately explained that this was the way to help people help themselves. it was unfair to keep them down. he believes there is opportunity. there should be opportunity for every american. it was rick santorum -- at was there to help him on partial birth abortion. we fought that battle time and time again. we finally got a president to sign the bill -- george bush. [applause] this is a man of solid core values. he has never changed. he has never flip-flop. we have been with him. he is a good person. we know rick and karen very well. they are great family. they're absolutely wonderful people. when we select the president of the united states, there is a lot of things that go into consideration. character above all else is what is most important. what is important is that whoever is in the oval office, we know there are going to have to do some tough things. the next president will have to deal with entit
it was rick santorum when we were fighting to change welfare and we had bill clinton who really did not want to do it. it was rick santorum who was on the floor day after day and very articulately explained that this was the way to help people help themselves. it was unfair to keep them down. he believes there is opportunity. there should be opportunity for every american. it was rick santorum -- at was there to help him on partial birth abortion. we fought that battle time and time again. we...
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even bill clinton would have said something. [laughter] i can tell you, i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves this earth, i will do something. i will be behind the voices of freedom here and there. we will help cuba when they become free. [applause] let me -- thank you. let me also note in that regard that i am looking forward to appointing this person and finding a person who hopefully has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. for the first tenures of my business career, i was hired by big companies to try to make them more successful. i was impressed by how well american companies can compete at around the world, how effective we are in marketing our ideas. think about this. we convince people around the world to buy brown water called coca-cola and pay half a day's wage for, and they will buy it. we are able to convince people of things that sometimes you scratch your head. i mean, it is a great product. i like coca- and yet democracy, we don'
even bill clinton would have said something. [laughter] i can tell you, i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves this earth, i will do something. i will be behind the voices of freedom here and there. we will help cuba when they become free. [applause] let me -- thank you. let me also note in that regard that i am looking forward to appointing this person and finding a person who hopefully has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25...
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even bill clinton would have said something [laughter] i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves that are, i will do something. i will be behind the voice of freedom here and there. we will help cuba become free. [applause] thank you. let me also noted in that regard that i'm looking for to appointing this person and finding a person who has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. my first 10 years of my business career, i was hired by big companies to try to make them more successful. i was impressed by how well american companies can compete around the world and how effective we are at marketing our ideas. think about this -- we convince people around the world to buy a brown, caramel color water called coca-cola and pay half a day's wage for and will buy it. we are able to convince people of things where sometimes you scratch your head straight it is a great product but we sell around the world. and yet democracy, we don't sell that so well. we send billions of dollars around the world, giving out money, a
even bill clinton would have said something [laughter] i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves that are, i will do something. i will be behind the voice of freedom here and there. we will help cuba become free. [applause] thank you. let me also noted in that regard that i'm looking for to appointing this person and finding a person who has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. my first 10 years of my business...